WHILE CHANGING SCREENS ON THE SAND PLANT, DROPPED THE TENSION BAR. BAR CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND AND SMASHED FINGER INTO BIN WALL.
DECATUR WEST Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for DECATUR WEST (mine ID 1102844). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1989–1995
- Latest incident
- Oct 1995
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reportable incidents
7 on file1995 · 1 incident
1994 · 2 incidents
MOVING BLOCK TO SET PLANT LEGS ON. HURT BACK. CAME TO WORK 8-26-94, BACK WAS HURTING. LEFT AT 11:00 AM.
RAINING, SLIPPED ON WET & MUDDY SURFACE OF FENDER ADJUSTING LIGHT, FELL TO GROUND, LANDED ON FOOT, CAUSING BRUISE.
1993 · 1 incident
PICKED UP 5 GAL GAS CAN WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FULL BUT WAS 1/2 FULL AND PULLED RIGHT ELBOW FUELING 4" WAKE PUMP.
1991 · 1 incident
AFTER ROLLING UP 45 FT. OF A 60 FT. 3" HYDRAULIC HOSE, PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK APPEARED.
1989 · 2 incidents
WHILE UNLOADING A 55 GAL DRUM FROM A LOADER BUCKET THE VICTIM PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRUM AND THE PROCESS PLANT. NO FRACTURE, BUT HAS FOUR STITCHES.
THE MAN WAS GETTING OFF THE LOADER. AS HE WAS PREPAIRING TO GET ON THE LADDER HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND, HE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK AND COMPRESSED TWO URTRBA IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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